Is a Brit entitled to an opinion ...

Germanshepherdsmum

The point of this thread is OP having a dig.

Not at all. Some of you have been having a dig at me for
y e a r s.

A simple explanation here.

So what exactly is the point, given the criticism you have received for the negative views you have repeatedly voiced about the UK?

I think Kali2 that I would say that it is easier to get your point across if you present it calmly and avoid showing too much anger and emotion in your writing. I don't claim to get this right all the time by any means, but I do try.

Germanshepherdsmum

So what exactly is the point, given the criticism you have received for the negative views you have repeatedly voiced about the UK?

That’s not true. If she voices an opinion it’s because she loves this country and loved the values it used to have pre brexit. As do I.

I know you’re a fan Maybee but I have to disagree with your analysis. It’s certainly not the way the comments come across to me. I don’t like seeing my country criticised by someone who has chosen to live elsewhere, nor do I like being called a Brit.

So just out of interest Germanshephersmum is it only British people living abroad who can't criticise or is nobody allowed to criticise a country in which they do not live? That might stop quite a lot of Gransnet threads?

Kali2
The uk is a nation of porkers …….. discuss.
Ring any bells.

MayBee70
This was put up by the kindest person you’ve ever known
I hope you’ve never had that this problem.

My dd has lived very happily in Europe for over 15 years with no intention to return. Since Brexit, which none of us voted fir, she began to be quite critical of the UK. I agree with a lot she says, yet somehow resent her criticism too. It can be quite awkward sometimes.

MerylStreep

Kali2
The uk is a nation of porkers …….. discuss.
Ring any bells.

MayBee70
This was put up by the kindest person you’ve ever known
I hope you’ve never had that this problem.

Good grief. Do you keep notes on everything that people say?

MerylStreep

Kali2
The uk is a nation of porkers …….. discuss.
Ring any bells.

MayBee70
This was put up by the kindest person you’ve ever known
I hope you’ve never had that this problem.

Dear god, its 7 1/2 years old.

Are you keeping a list? This smacks of a vendetta.

Cross post MayBee70!

As a matter of fact I don’t ? I was looking for someone else and there it was.
The problem that some posters have go back a long way.
Report if you wish. Not bothered, I’m used to it now ?

MayBee70

MerylStreep

Kali2
The uk is a nation of porkers …….. discuss.
Ring any bells.

MayBee70
This was put up by the kindest person you’ve ever known
I hope you’ve never had that this problem.

Good grief. Do you keep notes on everything that people say?

Some posts are so rude they stick in your mind.

Or, if you have been driven off Gransnet by a personal battering from a poster then it does tend to stay in the memory.
I was innocent and naive then.

Mamie

So just out of interest Germanshephersmum is it only British people living abroad who can't criticise or is nobody allowed to criticise a country in which they do not live? That might stop quite a lot of Gransnet threads?

No, you're just fine Mamie

No, of course the country can be criticised, as can any other, but the amount of criticism by this particular poster grates.

MerylStreep

As a matter of fact I don’t ? I was looking for someone else and there it was.
The problem that some posters have go back a long way.
Report if you wish. Not bothered, I’m used to it now ?

That was a coincidence.

You going to pick a fight with Prof Currie?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-22564840

Context is all. He thinks we're lazy, too.

I’m not a Brit. It’s derogatory in the same was that calling folks Frogs, Gerries , Ities, chinks and more is

I’m puzzled that kali2 remains determined to remain centre stage, drawing endless attention to her life experience. It’s rather self absorbed especially when presenting self as a victim

And telling us how she’s off to go foraging in the mountains with her many ‘young friends’.

MerylStreep

Kali2
The uk is a nation of porkers …….. discuss.
Ring any bells.

MayBee70
This was put up by the kindest person you’ve ever known
I hope you’ve never had that this problem.

The UK is a nation of -porkers- discuss (454 Posts)

Add comment | Report | Private message | Quote granjua Sat 15-Aug-15 11:07:26

leave you to it

Not the kindest of opening posts !

Interesting that you should find that, Meryl in view of the fact that a ew years later some people were rushing to defend our high covid death rate by blaming it on the UK's 'obesity problem'. Same problem, just more politely named.

It would be funny if it wasn't so rude and, quite frankly, ironic.

Mamie

I think Kali2 that I would say that it is easier to get your point across if you present it calmly and avoid showing too much anger and emotion in your writing. I don't claim to get this right all the time by any means, but I do try.

Absolutely and totally, I agree. However, this has become very difficult, as a small group here have attacked me every single time. Similar opinions have been posted by others, and strong discussion ensued. But I do believe, and I honestly thing I am correct here- that I am the only poster who has been personally attacked for not 'being a proper British citizen' and for not having a right to said views on what is happening. currently to the UK. Being constantly attacked, and each and every post turning to 'ah but what about your country' - with people digging the internet to find anything negative to say about it, despite knowing very little about it, bar visiting for a holiday once, or studying there for a short time yonks ago- makes it difficult to keep a low and calm tone. I am sure you can understand this.

My goodness, so ComeonEileen comes from the blue, from nowhere at all to post this she dug up from years and years ago. This was of course a quote from a newspaper article- and not my words at all. Just incredible.

Germanshepherdsmum

And telling us how she’s off to go foraging in the mountains with her many ‘young friends’.

Oh dear, how hilarious. Why shouldn't I go foraging- and why should I have no young friends? How low can you get Germansheperdsmum? Really. I mean this is actually hilarious. Blimey!

I'm British living in France and have found things to criticise and praise in both countries. Maybe ' comment on ' would be better than criticise. I think we are entitled to express our thoughts on here.

Glad you find my comment hilarious. I find your comments on my country anything but.